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| Comparative Study of the Phytochemical and Nutritional Composition of Bitter Leaf (Vernonia Amygdalina) and Bitter Gourds Leaf (Momordica Charantia)
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Owolabi, Oluwafemi Akinkunmi, Olowoyeye Odunayo James, Lawal, Ibraheem Kehinde, Muraina Taoreed Adekunle, Abideen, A. Adekanmi, Olajide Oyinloluwa Fisayomi,
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Abstract:
In this study, the phytochemicals and nutritional makeup of bitter and bitter gourd leaves are compared. Numerous conventional procedures were used to determine qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analyses, as well as proximate analyses. During the qualitative phytochemical evaluation, alkaloids, flavanoids, saponin, phenol, and tannin were discovered in the plants tested in this study. According to a quantitative study, bitter leaf has the largest concentration of alkaloids and flavanoids. According to the findings of this study, bitter leaf had nutritional compositions of 31.1±2.04, 8.1±1.38, 12.2±1.7, 6.96±2.29, 91.6±3.42, and 38.07±5.2 for crude protein, crude fat, ash content, moisture content, dry matter, and carbohydrate, respectively. In addition, protein, crude fat, ash content, moisture content, dry matter, and carbohydrates were found in bitter gourd leaves with nutrition compositions of 2.13±0.4, 0.61±0.23, 0.89±0.11, 91.9±1.76, 83.7±5.78, and 7.40±0.62, respectively. Aside from being a good source of pharmacologically active photochemicals, medicinal plants can also be used as food supplements for humans and animals.
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